Jasmin H first blog

Agenda

1. Lit Circle projects
2. AN Drafting 

•    Rough Draft on paper
•   Type R.D

Homework

1. Continue typing/Drafting AN
• Due Tuesday, 10/25

Today we started off our day with our poems " Caged Bird by Maya Angelou" and "Lodged by Robert Frost". We discussed about yesterdays test on the PSAT, we discussed the process and the content of test taking. The class had went over some mistakes that we did and strategies that we used.

Ms.Witham told the class a speech about not listening to her instructions when writing or when your free spirit writing.  Near the end of class we had about 10 minute to start tying our Rough Draft if we haven't started and start typing our final draft.

Emily's First Blog

Agenda
1.Read poem
2.L.C. Work time:

• D.J.-Luminous Passage
• Plot Rollercoaster
• Cover/week 1+2 Illustration

3.Danger of..
Homework
1.Rough Draft of A.N.-Due Thursday
2.Finish L.C. work

Our week started out with the clouds eating up the sun, but Ms. Witham brought the sun into the classroom and brighten up our day. We started  by reading the poem "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou, "The Eagle" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, and our new poem "We real cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. Then Ms. Witham gave us time to work on our luminous passages. She passed out sheets of papers and she gave us examples on how it's supposed to look. Groups had time to work together and put their creativity to work. Most of the groups needed more time so she will give us time to work on it tomorrow. Our homework is to finish our luminous passage, and finish our wonderful drawings.

Nathan C's First Blog

Agenda:
   1. Poems
   2. Autobiographical Narrative ~ Examples/Guidelines/Prompts
   3. L.C. Work time:
      - Plot Rollercoaster
      - Luminous Passages
          * P.E.E.L. 

Homework:
   - Brainstorm A. N. (Autobiographical Narrative)
   - L. C. Work!

Today we started off with reading the poems, "Caged Bird" and our new poem "Lodged." Then we were given the guidelines to our Autobiographical Narrative Essay, and then we silently reviewed them, reading them over and forming any thoughts or questions about it. While this is happening, Ms. Witham reviewed the essay's guidelines, giving us notes and helping us understand it better. Then we were given an example of a narrative and read it together out loud. It was great. We talked about what made the essay stand out, especially the sensory details that captured how the writer felt so close to home at the beach.

We set up a new assignment in our Table of Contents naming it "Autobio. Narr. Brainstorm (at least 8 ideas)" on page 21. Since the project is due on Monday, we worked in our Literature Circle groups to work on our final project.

Jessica's First Blog

Agenda

1. Poem/Blog
2. SSR/ WNB check
- D. J. #2
3. Upfront election coverage

Homework

1. Read L.C. book (due by Thursday)
2. D. J. #2
3. Plot Rollercoaster

     On today's cold Monday morning, we started of with reading our two poems. One new and one old. After that Ms. Witham explained today's agenda. Today was more of a pick and choose day. If we had already finished our books (which many people have) we could start our D.J. #2 or read an article from Upfront Magazine about the election taking place.
     Next Ms. Witham explained our homework and what we need to have done. Our goal is still to finish our L.C. book by Thursday. Today we also have a make-up work party at lunch. There will be snacks and just extra time to do work that you haven't completed yet. We then looked at a D.J. that was above and beyond and lastly went back to our plot rollercoaster to add at least five notes.
  

Freja's First Blog

Agenda:
1. Poem/Blog
2. SSR - Review SSR Expectations
3. Lit Circle Meeting Prep
Homework:
1. Lit Circle Meeting Prep - D.J. + Plot Elements

Today we started by reading "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou, and "Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare. When we finished that, we had a few minutes of silent reading. After we had that bit of time to catch up on our books, we set a goal for our reading tonight and Ms. Witham talked to us about extensions.

Then, we started to set up our first literature circle meeting for our books. We're writing dialectic journals tonight, and Ms. Witham explained how we should do them. After that, we had some time to work on our homework.

Yasmine's First Blog

Agenda
-Poem/Blog
-Author's Chair
-Finish P.E.E.L.L. paragraph with groups
-Lit Circle Book Perusae


Homework
-Prep for Final Malala Reflection quote selection
-Illustrate top 3 lines of quote

Today we recited "Caged Bird" and "Sonnet 73" at the beginning of class. After reciting the poems, a few people read their Random Autobiography. The people who read their poems were Aaliyah, Ava, Jacelin, and Julissa.

After Author's Chair, we were assigned to finish our P.E.E.L.L. paragraphs with our groups. If we were finished, we were able to peruse the Lit Circle Book options. Ms. Witham explained how to prep for our final Malala reflection for homework. We had to choose a quote from I Am Malala and illustrate the top three lines of the quote.

Kevin's First Blog

Agenda


- Poem/blog
- Readers theater
- P.E.E.L.L. (review sentence frames)
- Authors chair

Homework

- Begin choosing an experience for your personal narrative
- Add more details to entries in your notebook like the CEQ etc;


Today we recited "The Eagle" and "Sonnet 73" in the beginning of the class. After the poems we started Readers' Theater with our final group. After we finished Readers' Theater, Ms. Witham explained what we should work on the P.E.E.L.L. (Point/Evidence/Explanation/Language/Link back to point)

We began to work on the P.E.E.L.L. and Ms. Witham began to read our poems and was revising them. While we were getting to finish our P.E.E.L.L. we moved on to the Author's Chair. Our first Author's Chair was Frankie and after that amazing poem class was over.

Sophia's Frist Blog

Agenda
- Poem/Blog
- Current Event Quickwrite (share any new info)
- Reader's Theater (evidence gathering *note page #'s)
Homework
- Continue CEQ
  Goal: Full Page
- Type and Print R.A.

Since Ms. Witham believed we were ready for another poem, our class started to recite Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" and discussed lines whose meanings weren't obvious to us. Then a couple people shared additional research they did for the CEQ and Ms. Witham shared news she heard about the Scott story.

Right after we jumped into Reader's Theater, so that the groups who didn't go yesterday could read out. We started with group 2 and ended with the first half of group 5. When groups finished reading their excerpts, Ms. Witham asked, "Is there anything you want to say about these passages?" and commented on what they read out.

Allison's First Blog

Agenda:

1. Poem
2. Current Event Quickwrite
3. Readers Theater
>Evidence gathering

Homework:
*Continue C.E.Q.
Goal:Full Page!
* Random Autobiography: Please type, read outloud, and print by Friday.

It was a very hot morning so we started by cooling down as we read our two poems. Shortly after that, we started something new in our notebooks, a Current Event Quickwrite. There are many things going on in our lives that we decided to write about, things such as bombings in NYC and NJ, Brangelina's divorce, Zika virus, etc. This Current Event Quickwrite went on the front of page 15 and could've been written in any form, I chose a poem but the rest of my group chose paragraphs. We also made sure to include a text connection from Malala or from any poem in our Quickwrites.

Let me say this, our class wasn't very brave today in sharing our quick writes but it was fine as Ms.Witham shared her own. Following this, we went back to Readers Theater and remembered the sections each group reserved. While we did this, we reviewed our sections and each group went up and read them.

Jason's First Blog

Agenda
1. Poem/ Blog
2. R.A Share/
 [ Revision Strategy: Sensory Details]
3. Academic Discourse/
 [Save the last word]

Homework
1. Finish R.A.R.D./
2. Revision[new color]

-Heads up!/
In-class essay tomorrow


We started this everyday morning by reading our two poems. Right after the two poems we jumped right into our R.A [Random Autobiography]. Ms.Witham made a small poster explaining what a R.A is and what should be included in our own. She made it clear to "Add sensory details!" right after her lecture she gave us around ten minutes to work on our R.A and add sensory details in a different color.

Once the ten minutes were up she told everyone to pick their favorite line and share within their groups, then we had to talk about what we need to do tonight for our R.A. Right after the talk we transitioned over to I am Malala and continued to work with our, "Save the last word" activity. Now that we finished the "Save the last word" activity Ms.Witham made another small poster explaining "How to have a Productive Group."

Frankie's first blog

Agenda
1. Poem/Blog
2. Malala DJ check(1-6)
3. Save the Last Word
4. Random Autobiography Share + Continue**

Homework:
1. Finish R.A.R.D.(2 sides) *Add sensory details
   
           Today we formed groups, read our two poems out loud, and reviewed our blog.  We checked how many Dialectic Journals we have completed and worked on the ones we had not finished yet. After working on our D.J.s, we chose a passage from I Am Malala that was thought-provoking, and read it in our groups.  Each member in our groups shared their thoughts on their passages, considering one of the following: character, theme, conflict, or setting. After each member shared, they then read their responses to each other.


          

Matthew's First Blog

9/13/16 agenda:

1. Poem/Blog
2. Malala Group Work prep (D.J. #5?)
3. Random Autobiography

9/13/16 Homework:

1. Periods 1-3  D.J. 1-5!
2. Continue R.A.! (2 pages)

We first started off reciting our poems, "Cage Bird" by Maya Angelou and "The Eagle" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. After reciting the poems we connected into groups, moving tables in a "dancing" way. We then started writing in our writer's notebook another dialectic journal to use for discussing I Am Malala. Ms. Witham presented the Random Autobiography assignment, a collection of specific (yet possibly mysterious) experiences that we write (separate looseleaf paper) in lines (rather than paragraphs).

Ava's First Blog

9.12.16

1.  Notebook review
2. I Am Malala Discussion
3.  Poem~ Good Things
4. *Watch Malala's speech*
5. Syllabus Review
6. Gallery Walk

Today we reviewed National Novel Writing Month. We walked around the different stations of the Gallery Walk, while Ms.Witham checked our Future Maps. We discussed what stood out to us, creating complex characters with on the spot thinking. We found two important Malala passages, then we shared memorable things we read. Tomorrow we will be doing group work. We finished all our first weeks work including Reflections, Dialectic Journals, Future brainstorming, etc. We will be having random notebook checks.

Damien's First Blog

Agenda
1.  Poem - Blog
2.  SSR - Malala
    Plan for Success
3.  Watch: Malala's  speech**Did not get to
4.  Share: Reflection/F.Map
5.  Syllabus / Gallery Walk

HomeWork
1.  Syllabus Signed - MONDAY
2.  Finish I.A.M for Monday 9/12
3. Make up Missing Work: 
    Grace period ends Tuesday, 9/13

On Friday at the beginning of class we read the poem "The Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou and then we read the two blogs we weren't able to get to on Wednesday. We then continued reading I Am Malala (which should be done on Monday). After reading we reviewed our future maps and made suggestions to make them more creative.

Ja’Sean’s First Blog

9.8.16

Agenda:

      1. Poem!

2. Vote for a Blog name

3. I am Malala – SSR

4. Week 5 Reflection

Homework:

1. Back to School Extra Credit (5-7:30)

2. Finish I.A.M. for Monday (9/12)

3. Complete Week 5 Reflection

4. Get class syllabus signed by MONDAY

Yesterday we read two poems called “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou and “The Eagle”

By Alfred Lord Tennyson. After we finished reading both poems, we started to vote for more names for our blog. Since most students didn’t finish reading the book I am Malala,

we got into some silent reading about 10-15 minutes. When we finished reading, we finally thought of a name!!!! “The Hundreds” (which should’ve been Supreme blog but James had to ruin it). We were given tips on a sheet of paper from Seniors here at Venice High school in order for us to succeed.

Brian’s First Blog

9.7.16

English Agenda:

1.     Poem!

2.     Blog! (still have to decide on name)

3.     I am Malala – SSR

4.     Share Future Maps

Homework:

1.     Read Malala to page 164

2.     Finish Future Map Brainstorm

Yesterday we chose a name for our blog that was “Here Comes Dat Blog”, but today we voted on another name. We decided on “Doggo With A Bloggo”, but we are once again going to vote for another name tomorrow since no one really liked that name.  Then we reconnected with our partners and finished our SWBS (Somebody/Wanted/But/So).  We then we took turns sharing our SWBS summaries with the class, which took up most of the period. We had some time before the end of the period so we did some SSR.

Julian’s First Blog

9.6.16

English Agenda:

1. Poem!

2. Blog! Still need a blog name

3. Malala- SSR

4. SWBS revisit

5. Future Map Share

Homework

1. Read Malala to 164 (p. 1-3)

2. Finish Future Map Brainstorming

            We passed out some of our old work including Summer Reading Assignments and our Dictionary Destinies. We then continued to read the book I Am Malala, and for the people that have finished the book they are catching up on their Dialectic Journals. We then voted on a blog name that is now “Here Comes Dat Blog.” Finally, after we had our Silent Sustained Reading time and then we reconnected with our partner, and Ms. Witham passed out some of our reading scores.

Graham’s First Blog

9.1.16

English Agenda

1.     Poem

2.     Naming the Blog (still need to do)

3.     Malala Summaries w/ partners

4.     Give back the remaining reading scores (still need to do)

5.     Future Map

Homework

1.     Summer reading due Tuesday 9/6

2.     Future Map Brainstorm

3.     Read Malala to page 130

The class started brainstorming ideas for the blog. We joined our chapter partners and skimmed through our chapters that we were assigned. Then we got to work on our summaries using the newly learned “Somebody Wanted But So” method. Finally, we wrote the basic requirements for our Future Map.

James’s First Blog

8.31.16

English Agenda:

1. Poem

2. Review DJ #1-3

3. SSR-I am Malala find quote for DJ#4

4. Preview Malala summaries

5. Preview Future Map

Homework

1. D.J.#4

2. Summer reading due Tuesday 9/6

Started reading I am Malala teaching the class how to use SWBS. It is a structure to write a 2-3-sentence summary for your chapter. We are going to use this structure to write the summary with our partner. Ms. W is going to give out the chapters today. We will be skimming back over the chapter. We got a brief example for our future map and we began brainstorming our name for the blog.